488 Sir G. F. Harapson on the Moths collected 



cell to towards termen ; a terminal series of black stri as. 

 Hind wing fuscous brown slightly irrorated with grey ; the 

 underside greyish thickly irrorated with brown; a black 

 discoidal point. 



Cape Colony, summit of Table Mt., 1 S type. Exp. 

 42 mm. 



NOCTUINJE. 



Genus Melapera, nov. 



Proboscis aborted, minute ; palpi with the second joint 

 straight, porrect, extending about the length of head, the 

 third upturned, very long and reaching above vertex of head, 

 clothed with scales ; frons smooth ; eyes large, rounded; an- 

 tennge of female with bristles and cilia, roughly scaled above 

 and with long hair on basal joint ; head and thorax clothed 

 with rough scales and hair ; tibise moderately fringed with 

 hair ; abdomen with rough hair at base and loose crests of 

 long scales on first two segments. Fore wing with the apex 

 rounded, the termen evenly curved; veins 3 and 5 from near 

 angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9, 10 both anastomosing 

 with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with 

 veins 3, 4 from angle o£ cell ; 5 fully developed from above 

 angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell 

 at middle. 



(Singara) hypsoides, Butl., belongs to an allied genus with 

 the proboscis fully developed and the palpi upturned, the 

 third joint tufted with hair behind. 



[Arctia) hicolor, Mab., probably belongs to this latter 

 genus, both from Madagascar. 



Nearest to Rhanidophora, WUgrn. 



Melapera roasiis^ sp. n. 



? . Head and thorax orange-yellow ; palpi black, yellow 

 below at base ; tegulse with pinkisli-white patches ; patagia 

 pale pink except at base ; legs with the fore tibise on inner 

 side, femoro-tibial joints, spurs, and tarsi black ; abdomen 

 orange-yellow, dorsally crimson except at base and extre- 

 mity. Fore wing pale pink suffused with white, the terminal 

 area yellow. Hind wing brighter pink, the terminal area 

 yellow. 



Madagascar, Foret d'Arabre, 1 ? type. Exp. 62 mm. 



